[snaps, encouraging the town to kill the Beast] She's as crazy as the old man. The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night! We're not safe until his head is mounted on my wall! I say we kill the Beast!

Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man! No one says "no" to Gaston!

Come on out and fight! Were you in love with her, Beast? Did you honestly think she'd want you when she had someone like me?!

It's over, Beast! Belle is mine! ("Time to die!")

[last words before he stabs the Beast after he spared his life, loses his balance, then falls to his death into the moat of the castle] Let me go! Let me go! Please, don't hurt me! I'll do anything! Anything!

[after seeing Maurice enter the castle] Poor fellow must have lost his way in the woods.

I was trying to be hospitable.

[after seeing Belle] Don't you see? She's the one. The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell!

You fall in love with her. She falls in love with you. And poof - the spell is broken. We will be human again by midnight.

Ma chère, mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now, we invite to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents... your dinner.

Zut alors! She has emerged!

[singing] Be... our... guest!

Be our guestPut our service to the testTie your napkin 'round your neck, cherieAnd we provide the rest

Soup du jourHot hors d'oeuvresWhy, we only live to serveTry the grey stuff, it's delicious!Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!

They can singThey can danceAfter all, Miss, this is FranceAnd a dinner here is never second bestGo on, unfold your menuTake a glance and then you'llBe our guestOui, our guestBe our guest

[voiceover; first lines] Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous Beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a Beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope…for who could ever learn to love a Beast?

Belle: There must be someway I can... wait! [The Beast stops and turns around] Take me instead.

Beast: [scoffs] You? [considers] You would... Take his place?

Maurice: Belle, no! You don't know what you're doing!

Belle: If I did, would you let him go?

Beast: Yes. But... you must promise to stay here forever.

Belle: Come into the light.

[The Beast steps into the light, revealing himself to Belle. Belle gasps in shock by his appearance, and turns away.]

Maurice: No, Belle! I won't let you do this!

Belle: [slowly] You have my word.

Beast: Done!

Beast: [pounding on Belle's door, yelling]I thought I told you to come down to dinner!

Belle: I'm not hungry.

Beast: You come out, or I'll... I'll... I'll break down the door!

Lumiere: Master, I could be wrong...but that may not be the best way to win the girl's affections.

Cogsworth: Please! Attempt to be a gentleman.

Beast: But, she is being so... difficult!

Mrs. Potts: Gently. Gently.

Beast: [calmly] Will you come down to dinner?

Belle: NO.

Beast: [points at the door] Hmm!?

Cogsworth: Suave, genteel.

Beast: [suavely] It would give me great pleasure...[controls his anger] if you would join me for dinner.

Cogsworth: Uh, w-w-we say "please".

Beast: ... Please.

Belle: No, thank you!

Beast: [yells at Belle]You can't stay in there forever!

Belle: Yes, I CAN.

Beast: Fine! Then go ahead and STARRRVVEE!!!!!![Beast turns to his servants] If she doesn't eat with me, she doesn't eat at all![Beast furiously leaves and slams the door behind him. A piece of plaster falls on Lumiere.]

Mrs. Potts: Oh, dear. That didn't go very well at all, did it?

Cogsworth: Lumiere, stand watch at the door and inform me at once if there is the slightest change.

Beast: [taking guard position next to door] You can count on me, Mon Capitan.

[Gaston meets with Monsieur D'Arque, the owner of the insane asylum to at his tavern]

Monsieur D'Arque: I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night, but he said you'd make it worth my while. [Gaston presents him with a bag of money] Ah, I'm listening.

Gaston: It's like this: I've got my heart set on marrying Belle. But she needs a little... persuasion.

Lefou: [chuckles] Turned him down flat! [Gaston hits him]

Gaston: Everyone knows her father's a lunatic! He was in here tonight, raving about a "Beast" in a "Castle"!

Monsieur D'Arque: Maurice is harmless.

Gaston: The point is, Belle would do anything to keep him from being locked up.

Lefou: Yeah, even marry him! [points at Gaston; ducks when Gaston tries to hit him again]

Monsieur D'Arque: So you want me to throw her father into the asylum unless she agrees to marry you? [Lefou nods eagerly] Oh, that is despicable. [chuckling evilly]I LOVE IT!

Cogsworth: Right then, you all know why we're here. We have exactly 12 hours, 36 minutes and 15 seconds to create the most magical, spontaneous, romantic atmosphere known to man or Beast. Hehehe... or Beast. [beat; the servants are confused as crickets chirp in the background. A desk brings up the rose and Cogsworth wacks the glass jar with his baton] Right. Need I remind you, that if the last petal falls from this rose, the spell will be... BROKEN. Very well, you all know your assignments. Half of you to the West Wing, half of you to the East Wing, the rest of you, come with me.

[The servants and objects run off, leaving Cogsworth in the dust. Sultan then runs off, making Cogsworth falling down the stairs]

Lumiere: Oh, lighten up, Cogsworth, and let nature take its course.

Mrs. Potts: It's obvious there's a spark between them.

Cogsworth: Yes, yes, but there's no harm in fanning the flames, a little. Besides, they must fall in love tonight if we ever expect to be human again.

Lumiere: Ah, human again.

Mrs. Potts: Human again.

Lumiere: Yes, think of what that means.

Belle: [reading Romeo and Juliet] "And there never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

Gaston: Hmm. I might be able to clear up this little misunderstanding, if...

Belle: If what?

Gaston: If you marry me.

Belle: What?!

Gaston: One little word, Belle, that's all it takes.

Belle: Never!

Gaston: Have it your way!

[The Beast and Gaston are fighting on top of the castle; the Beast strikes at Gaston, grabs him and holds him over the edge]

Gaston: [last words] Let me go! Let me go! Please... don't hurt me! I'll do anything!Anything![the Beast glares with fury, then his anger slowly melts as he realizes that he's sinking to Gaston's level. He pulls Gaston back in and close to his face]

Beast: [in a calm, but angry manner] Get out.

[The Beast lays dying with Belle at his side; meanwhile, the rose is down to its last petal]

Beast: You... you came back.

Belle: Of course I came back. I couldn't let them.... [hugs the Beast] Oh, this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner...

Beast: Maybe it's better... it's better this way.

Belle: Don't talk like that. You'll be all right. We're together now. Everything's going to be fine. You'll see.

[the last petal falls away, leaving Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Mrs. Potts distraught; suddenly, a magical shower falls around the Beast and Belle, and the Beast rises into the air, turning into a human prince; then he lands on the ground and when he gets up, he turns toward Belle]

Well, [originally] when we were planning the big elaborate dance sequence that would include a moving camera craning up to the ceiling on the characters that would really have more of a live action feel to them—there was always this nagging doubt in our minds that it wasn't going to work at all (laughs). We had sort of a back-up plan just in case, if none of this works we'll just turn off all the lights and Bella and the Beast will be dancing in a little spotlight in a darkened room like an ice skating show (laughs). Fortunately, when we got the first piece of test film back, it was amazingly breathtaking, made a big sigh of relief because we knew it was going to work.

We actually designed all the camera movement first and animated the characters to match that.

We created computer generated stand-ins, the ballroom was sort of a chicken-wire kind of thing and Bella & the Beast were represented by these box and egg sort of things.

You have to make all the same decisions that a live action director would have to make. Everything from where to put the camera to what the emotional tone of the scene is going to be, in addition to answering all the questions about costume design and weather and color and all the numerous elements that go into making the scene. We're there every step of the way from the very first crude character designs and early storyboards to how loud the footsteps of the Beast should be as he's walking across the marble floor. We shepherd the process from beginning to end.